Many of us have experienced grief, loss and trauma in varying degrees. When we feel stuck, repeating problematic patterns or experience loss and grief that threaten to derail us, it can be overwhelming and cause us to feel very vulnerable. My goal is to be present with you and create a safe environment; free of judgment, where we can work together to shape and shift the way you tell your story to allow for transformation to occur. That transformation is often making the shift from What is wrong with me? to What happened to me? It is from this place that we have our best shot at becoming empowered to make conscious, life affirming choices that can alter the trajectory and tone of the story we have yet to tell.

The heart of my practice, both as a therapist and a musician, is the belief that we all have a story we tell ourselves about our lives. Often, we don’t share the parts of our story that are painful but we know it deep in our bones and it affects the way we look at the world and the choices we make in our everyday lives. We may not even be aware the extent to which the story we carry inside us is influencing the story yet to be written.

Counseling Missoula MT Eden Atwood LCSW Grief counseling and trauma therapy for children, adolescents, adults, and elderly.